Combination turn-table and jack for automobiles.



SAUTTER, DBOD. M. 'l. BAUTTEE, ADHIEISTBAT BIX. GOMBINATIGN T URN TABLEAND JACK FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 30, 1910.

' Patented Aug. 8, .1911.

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UEARLES F. SAUTTEB, 0 JfihIAICA, NEW YORK; EAR? TERESA SAUTTER, YEBROOKLYYIT, NEW YORK, ADMIL'TISIRATRIX 0E SAID GHAELES E. SA'UTEEB,

DECEASED.

COMBINATION TURN-TABLE SACK E013, AUTOMOBILES.

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Specification of Zetters Patent.

Application filed Inly' 30, 1910. Serial No. 57%,718.

To all whom it fiw/y-conocm:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES F. SAUTTER, a citizen of the'CUnited States,residing at Jamaica, county of Queens, and State of New York, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Combination Turn-Tables andJacks for Automobiles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of a new and im proved device for lifting andturning a vehicle in its own length.

It may be used on a wagon, buggy, etc., but is particularly adaptableand designed for lifting automobiles and tit ning hem around in theirown length. This is very desirable in a crowded garage,

The device consists essentially of a combination turn table and jack,the turn table having ball bearing casters so that when the machine isjackedup,-i t can be turned around on the casters in any direction or inany desired position.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of my deviceapplied to an automobile.- Fig. 9. is a front view of an automobile withmy device under it. Fig. 3 is a detailed sectional view of one of thecasters. Fig. 4: is another form or modification of my device.

The device consists essentially of a jointed lever 54 shown in Fig. 1.This lever is made of two bars and is jointed or hinged at b, to formtoggle levers. The lever may be made adjustable by means bf pins, etc.,as shown-at 0 so as to accommodate it for use on vehicles of difierentsizes. At each end of the lever a is a swivel or ball bearing caster (Z,shown in detail in Fig. 3. A short, distance from each end of the levera is a lug or projecting stop 6. There are of course, two levers a,exactly like that shown in Fig. 1, one lever being used for each side ofthe machine.

The operation of the device is as follows: The lever is placed betweenthe front and rear wheels of a machine. as shown in the dotted line inFig. 1, and is then pressed down by hand pressure, or by a man standingon the same until the lever is straightened out into the position showninfull lines in Fig. 1. As the lever a. is pressed down and straightenedout, the ends with the caster (Z slip under the wheels of the automobih=and raise it from the ground. Of course only one side is raised atatime, in the constructlon shown, and then the user goes to the otherside of the machine and presses the Patent-coiling. s, ism.

corresponding lever down and the machine is raised as shown in Fig. 2.

As shown in Fig. 2, the toggle lever a is provided with a transversestrip ot' suitable construction on which the front and rear wheels ofthe vehicle are adapted to rest. These transverse strips are locatednear each end portion of a toggle lever and each strip has swivelinglyconnected to'its lower portion one or more casters or rollers a. Thelugs e as shown form a portion of the transverse strips and serve toprevent the vehicle when in position on the lever from rolling in eitherdirection.

In the modification shown in Fig. 4, the levers a are joined by crossbars f and g and clever h is fulcrumed to the end crossbar f and pivotedto the center cross bar 9, in this.

construction, the levers a have uprights 2' which are adjustable at kfor machines of varying heights. Whenfus'ing'the device as constructedin the manner shown in Fig. 4,

the uprights i are placed under the axle of the wheels of the vehicle tobe raised and the lever h is pressed down until the levers a attain astraight position, thus-lifting the machine from the floor.

I do not wish to be confined to the precise construction shown in thedrawings and the specification. For instance, if desired the two lettersa may be fastened together by one or morc cross bars so that in theconstruction shlown in Fig. 1, when one side is pressed down the otherside will also go down, an both sides of the machine be raised from thefloor at once I claim- LA combination turn table and jack, comprising atoggle lever having rotative rollers located at the lower portion of andnear the ends of the lever, swivel connections between the lever and therollers, the ends of said lever being adapted to engage the wheels of avehicle and when the lever is between the lever and 51a miiers, szii'lever having 2i pair 0f lugs ezmii lug being situnimll 119:1): the endof und'on the lawn to con- .ii'ims steps for engagement with the frontWheels of a, z'eiiicie, said roli ers spied 130 l'O i'fit-ir and swivelwhen the ,5 111 opmrqhon.

'. COIIliJlIlfiUOD tum iiabie and ack ..,ing a jointed lever havingrotative iii-ranged at "the imver portion of and 10 ends 01 1511a levr,swivel connec- Al the lever and he I'Oii8155,1111d i 1 i J (lei ices foradjusting the ievers '0 it (Hi .fmeui lengths of Vehicies, Said milmrsbeing adapted to rotate and swivel when the device is in operation.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing Witnesses.

CHARLES F.

Witnesses:

31'. E; XVARLAND, Cums, H. ALMSTAEDT.

SAUTT ER

